单词 | rumoured |
释义 | rumouredrumoredadj. Announced or spread by rumour; commonly reported. Formerly also: †loud, resounding (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > rumour > [adjective] > rumoured flying1425 bruited1523 fameda1533 bruitish?1570 rumoured1592 rumorous1605 reportative1636 buzzed1820 the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adjective] > of or relating to chat > of or relating to gossip or rumour > rumoured in murmura1522 rumoured1592 1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 84 The rumored noise and sound of armors clenge is husht. 1616 P. Simson Short Compend Hist. First Ten Persecutions III. vii. 56 It was pope Ihonne the ninth, whose inconstancie gaue occasion to the rumoured opinion of the feminine pope. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 817 Som Magazin to store Against a rumord Warr. View more context for this quotation 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 7 As rumour'd robberies endear our Gold? 1762 G. Cockings War i. 3 Troops throng on troops, and wish the rumour'd fight. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iii. 95 From far The rumor'd leagues proclaim approaching war. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xii. 231 He discusses both the probability of the rumoured invasion, and the best means of defending the coasts. 1937 Life 26 July 26/2 Of all the visible and rumored organizations promoting U.S. radicalism or reaction. 2001 I. Sinclair Landor's Tower (2002) i. ii. 19 A shadowy metropolitan businessman with rumoured Sicilian connections. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1592 |
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